Pets Bug Thread

catloverplayer wrote:
That's too bad some of the new houses that came with generations have spiral stairs. I hope this is fixed quickly.

I sat on this, and I think I've come to a logical conclusion as to why Spiral Stairs broke.

There are no Spiral Stairs available in the Store. When the 1.22 patch came out, Builders saw that they had the Spiral Stairs tab added to their Build Mode, but that tab was empty. We all assumed they were going to sell some in the store as DLC. That never really occurred as of yet (though it really should have, especially with the arcade they recently released).

Because there are no "base game spiral stairs" available, similar to the "base game arcade machines" and "base game spring riders" from the store, the patch probably broke the Spiral Stairs in Generations because their functionality may not have been included in Pets.

A leaked Lessons picture I saw said you have to help Puppies and Kittens up and down stairs similar to carrying a toddler. That implies that cats and dogs can use stairs. They probably don't have a "base game spiral stair" walking animation programmed in for those pets in the EP, and as a result, broke the feature FOR EVERYONE, Sims and animals.

It will be interesting to test my theory out if and when I get my EP. If dogs and cats really can't use Spiral Stairs because of a lack of compatibility, we may see a "base game spiral stair" DLC released around the same time this issue gets patched.